When A Culture Is Not Mythologically Instructed,

I've Been Around For A Very Long Time, I've Been Around Since God Had Baby Cheeks.

Bangladesh Is A World Of Metaphor, Of High And Low Theater, Of Great Poetry And Music. You Talk To A Rice Farmer And You Find A Poet. You Get To Know A Sweeper Of The Streets And You Find A Remarkable Singer.

We Are Still A Pioneer Culture In Some Ways. A Pioneer Culture Has To Put All Of Its Muscle Into Surviving On The Frontier And Pushing Back The Wilderness. So When You Start To Talk About Imagination, Inner Space, And The Structures Of The Psyche, That Becomes Scary.

Just As You Would Not Neglect Seeds That You Planted With Hope That They Will Bear Vegetables And Fruits And Flowers, So Must You Attend To Nourish The Garden Of Your Becoming.

If You're Looking Ecologically, Then We Are In Very Big Trouble, Yes. But If You're Talking About People Sinking, I'm Not So Sure That's True. There Are Cycles Of Rise And Fall, As There Have Been Since Time Immemorial.